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Ghaznavid Empire

Ghaznavid Empire Events

1001 Mahmud of Ghaznavid defeats the Hindu Shahis
Mahmud's first campaign to the south was against the Ismaili Fatimid Kingdom at Multan in a bid to curry political favor and recognition with the Abbassid Caliphate engaged with the Fatim...
1019 Conquest of Punjab by Mahmud of Ghaznavid
In 977 AD, the Turkic ruler Sabuktigin acceded to the throne of the small kingdom of Ghazni in central Afghanistan. In the 980s, Subuktigin defeated the Shahis, extending his rule from th...
1030 Apr 30 Mahmud Ghaznavid dies
The last four years of Mahmud's life were spent contending with the influx of Oghuz Turkic horse tribes from Central Asia, the Buyid Dynasty and rebellions by Seljuqs. Initially the Selju...
1040 May 23 Battle of Dandanaqan
The Battle of Dandanaqan was fought between the army of the Seljuqs and the Ghaznavid Empire. The battle ended with a Seljuq victory and brought down the Ghaznavid domination in the Khora...
1191 The First Battle of Tarain
The First Battle of Tarain, was fought in 1191 at the town of Tarain (Taraori), near Thanesar in present-day Haryana, approximately 150 kilometers north of Delhi. The battle pitted the ar...
1192 The Second Battle of Tarain
The following year Sultan Muḥammad Shahābuddīn Ghorī returned to India with a large force numbering 120,000. When he reached Lahore, he sent his envoy to Prithvirāj Chauhān to demand his ...